Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160129
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 10:46
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	JAM-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 77.4 43% 64.6 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 199 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7 6% 8.56 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 1,253 Write 264 Mixed 370 136% 629 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 14.4 87% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 60.2 62% 102 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 194GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 69 69 49854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2307 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 347195 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 244814512175 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 2155 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44842579459 (F2) Unknown 99 99 104825337824 (FE) Unknown 100 100 36	58.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 92.7 Mixed 79.5 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	978x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	751x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	307x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	240x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16